Veteran Acquired Brain Injury Caregiving Act

This Act may be cited as the Veteran Acquired Brain Injury Caregiving Act.
Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a five-year pilot program under which an eligible veteran may use funds under the Veteran-Directed Care program to purchase care from an eligible veteran mission-driven nonprofit.
The Secretary shall select not fewer than five medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs at which to carry out the pilot program under subsection (a).
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than annually thereafter until the termination of the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report containing the following:
The number of eligible veterans receiving assistance under the pilot program.
The number of eligible veteran mission-driven nonprofits participating in the pilot program.
An evaluation of the clinical outcomes of veterans participating in the pilot program, veteran satisfaction with the pilot program, and other relevant data the Secretary determines appropriate.
In this section:
The term eligible veteran means a veteran who—
is clinically assessed to have an acquired brain injury; and
is an eligible veteran under section 1720L of title 38, United States Code.
The term eligible veteran mission-driven nonprofit means an organization—
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code; and
that provides services provided under the Veteran-Directed Care program for a veteran.
The term Veteran-Directed Care program means the program under section 1720L(b) of title 38, United States Code.